... and to God what is God’s.” “When they heard this, they were amazed,” says Matthew. “So they left him and went away.” “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s,” says the Master. Do we have any choice? It reminds me of a story that Patrick Doucette tells about a man on vacation in Mexico who was strolling along outside his hotel in Acapulco. He heard a woman screaming as she knelt in front of a small child. The man understood enough Spanish to realize that the boy had swallowed a coin. Seizing ...
... to listen to the voice that seeks to encourage us and remake us. “Behold, I make all things new.” 1. The Bathroom Readers’ Institute, Uncle John’s Ahh-Inspiring Bathroom Reader (Ashland, OR: Bathroom Readers’ Press, 2002), pp. 510-511. 2. Patrick Doucette, Free Sermons: The Best Free Sermons for Modern Times (Kindle Edition). 3. Regal Books (1985). 4. Thanks to Pastor David Rogne for this illustration. 5. Adapted from R. L. Middleton, My Cup Runneth Over (Nashville: Broadman Press), p. 60. 6. Lee ...
